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eigenrobot@eigenrobot• about 1 year ago

old boss, great dude, worked at amazon hq a while eng team wanted a second coffee maker. theyre apparently like $10k he wrote up a doc estimating annual hours wasted waiting for the existing machine × average eng wage. obvs >> $10k the proposal was denied tldr short $amzn https://t.co/FtK0bGF693

Patrick McKenzie@patio11• about 1 year ago

This sounds like a trivial observation and it isn’t: No organization which makes its people pay for coffee wants to win.

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eigenrobot@eigenrobot• about 1 year ago

Replying to @eigenrobot

it wasn't even good coffee. barely drinkable. when I greenbadged on the central econ team during grad school we called it Frugal Juice

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eigenrobot@eigenrobot• about 1 year ago

Replying to @eigenrobot

short $usg short short short https://t.co/u8zEIfxDM8

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eigenrobot@eigenrobot• about 1 year ago

Replying to @eigenrobot

"why is a coffee maker $10k" because its not a simple shitty machine you turn on once a day that you service yourself https://t.co/XUresUIIqO

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Paul is Assembling America🇺🇸-27/100 new recruits@Paul_Melman• about 1 year ago

Replying to @eigenrobot

@eigenrobot Why not just get a simpler machine? I assume $10k means it was bean to cup. But you can get ones that take preground or pods or whatever

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eigenrobot@eigenrobot• about 1 year ago

Replying to @Paul_Melman

@Paul_Melman lower maintenance costs over time

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